French energy transition minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher will meet on Tuesday (28 February) with twelve counterparts in Stockholm to discuss the potential launch of a brand new “nuclear alliance” within the EU.
Pannier-Runacher will be in Stockholm on Monday and Tuesday (27 and 28 February) for two days of informal talks with fellow EU energy and transport ministers.
On the agenda is the upcoming reform of the European electricity market, a debate on energy security ahead of next winter, as well as the bloc’s industrial competitiveness with regards to future energy policy.
In this context, France intends to bring up the question of nuclear energy.
According to the minister’s office, Pannier-Runacher is expected to bring together 12 of her counterparts in Stockholm on 28 February, as well as the European Commission, to discuss a “nuclear alliance” in Europe.
Alongside France, the twelve ministers joining Pannier-Runacher in Stockholm are from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
A project that the French Minister calls for “with all her heart” to assert “the contribution of nuclear power to our climate objectives and to energy security in Europe”, according to the terms used by Pannier-Runacher’s staff.
For the time being, the ministry has not given any details about the content of this alliance. A joint declaration is said to be under consideration but was not yet confirmed on Sunday.
Nevertheless, the message is clear: “to send a strong signal in the various European talks”.
Source: EURACTIV
